First meeting of joint action group on cotton seed

Islamabad, October 28, 2014 (PPI-OT): First meeting of joint action group on cotton seed is chaired by Governor of Punjab and Federal Minister National Food Security and Research Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan illuminated the Governor and other participants of meeting regarding seed amendment bill and plant breeders rights. In the meeting parameters of registered seed companies performance are also discussed, and it is decided that fake companies would be sort out very soon.

Federal Minister Sikandar Bosan has advocated the rights of poor farmers and their burning issue of profitability and Bosan emphasized that such policies should launch that are incentive oriented and encouraging farmers to grow cotton on larger scales.